Cloud Engineer - Database

Subway Group; Shelton, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)

Competitive Bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Company Holidays

Volunteering time

Job summary

Subway Headquarters is seeking a Cloud Database Engineer to administer and optimize cloud database platforms across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalable data infrastructure for thousands of franchisees worldwide.

The role collaborates with application, cloud engineering and architecture teams to design HA/DR, perform query tuning, and implement encryption, access controls and audit logging while aligning with the company's fast-paced, owner-minded culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of database administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• 8+ years of experience with Windows system administration.
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• 3+ years of experience designing and testing HA/DR configurations for production database systems.
• 3+ years using Terraform to provision and manage cloud database services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database.
• Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and index design.
• Proficiency with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud database infrastructure (required).
• Experience applying AI/ML tools to database performance optimization, anomaly detection, or query analysis (required).
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• People Management: No | Department: Tech for Technology | Location: USA | Travel: Less than 10%.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and manage cloud database services including Azure SQL Database.
• Design and implement high-availability and disaster recovery configurations for all database platforms.
• Monitor database performance; identify and resolve bottlenecks through query tuning and index optimization.
• Enforce database security standards including encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, and audit logging.
• Manage database backup, restoration, and point-in-time recovery procedures; conduct regular DR tests.
• Collaborate with application and architecture teams on schema design, capacity planning, and migrations.
• Develop and maintain database runbooks, standards documentation, and change management procedures.
• Evaluate emerging cloud database technologies and provide recommendations for platform improvements.
• Coach Infrastructure colleagues on Active Directory and vulnerability remediation best practices.

Skills

Terraform

Azure SQL Database

SQL Server

Query optimization

Performance tuning

Index design

AI/ML for DB optimization

Windows administration

HA/DR design

Database security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Azure SQL Database

Microsoft SQL Server

Active Directory

Job description

We are Subway Headquarters! A dedicated team of professionals supporting thousands of franchisees around the globe.

Ready to build what’s next with one of the world’s most iconic brands?

Why Join Subway?

At Subway, we are not standing still. We are building.

This is a business focused on what matters most: growing franchisee profitability, strengthening our brand and creating long-term value. The people who thrive here are the ones who want to make a real impact.

You will not just do the work. You will shape it.

We move fast. We think like owners. We make decisions that matter. We hold ourselves to a high standard because what we do directly impacts thousands of franchisees around the world.

If you bring energy, accountability and a bias for action, you will fit right in.

We take the work seriously, but we also know the best results come from teams that support each other, celebrate wins and show up ready to build something better every day.

This is your chance to be part of what’s next.

About the Role:

This position is responsible for administering and optimizing Subway’s cloud database platforms across AWS and Azure. The Cloud Database Engineer will provision and manage relational and non-relational database services, ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness, optimize query and system performance, and enforce database security standards. They will work closely with application development, cloud engineering, and architecture teams to support Subway’s data infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Provision, configure, and manage cloud database services including Azure SQL Database.
• Design and implement high-availability and disaster recovery configurations for all database platforms.
• Monitor database performance; identify and resolve bottlenecks through query tuning and index optimization.
• Enforce database security standards including encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, and audit logging.
• Manage database backup, restoration, and point-in-time recovery procedures; conduct regular DR tests.
• Collaborate with application and architecture teams on schema design, capacity planning, and migrations.
• Develop and maintain database runbooks, standards documentation, and change management procedures.
• Evaluate emerging cloud database technologies and provide recommendations for platform improvements.
• Coach Infrastructure colleagues on Active Directory and vulnerability remediation best practices.

Qualifications (some examples listed below):

• 5+ years of database administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• 8+ years of experience with Windows system administration.
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• 3+ years of experience designing and testing HA/DR configurations for production database systems.
• 3+ years using Terraform to provision and manage cloud database services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database.
• Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and index design.
• Proficiency with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud database infrastructure (required).
• Experience applying AI/ML tools to database performance optimization, anomaly detection, or query analysis (required).
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• People Management: No | Department: Tech for Technology | Reports To: Director, Cloud Engineering & Database | Location: USA | Scope: Global | Travel: Less than 10%.

What do we offer?

• Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)
• Competitive Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Holidays
• Volunteering time

Compensation: The base pay range for this role is $XX annually

Pay within this range will be determined in good faith based on job-related factors, which may include skills, experience, education/training, location, and internal equity.

The Company is only considering applicants who are currently authorized to work in the country the position is based. AA/EOE/D/V